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F. R. PARSONS.

INKSTAN'D.

No. 393,026. Patented o 20, 1888.

FIB-l IN VENTUR.

WITNESSES- UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE;

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,026, dated November20, 1888,

Application filed April 28, 1838.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK R. PARSONS, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Inkstands; and I do hereby declare the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention relates to that variety of inkstands in which the hingedcover has connected therewith a weight for normally holding the coverraised and arms or members for receiving a pen-holder,which when placedthereon will close the cover and retain it in a closed position.

The invention consists in certain features of construction andarrangement, hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1. represents a side view of aninkstand embodying the invention. Fig. 2 shows a top view of the same.Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views showing forms of pivotal bearingsthat may be used on the cover member and the standards, the standardsbeing represented in vertical section.

A is the base of the inkstand, which base may be of any preferred formor design.

B B are standards secured thereto and projecting upwardly therefrom,upon which the cover member 0 is mounted to swingin avertical plane. Thestandards are furnished at their upper ends with bearings Z b, forreceiving the pintles c c on the cover member. This member is composed,in the main, of a cover portion, (1, adapted to fit closely upon the topof the inkstand proper, D, two arms, e e, and a weight, f. The arms 0 eare shown as connected to the cover (I by a bar, 9, and they may beconnected, also, by two braces, h h, and the weight is shown asconnected to' said bar by a curved arm, t. The pintles c a projeet fromthe outer sides of the arms 0 e or from the end of the bar 9. The partscomposing the cover member 0 are preferably cast integral with oneanother or made of one piece of metal, thereby avoiding the use ofsolder, screws, or rivets in securing them together. The arms 6 c areprovided near their free ends with cavities 7c 70, for receiving apenholder, L, and just in the rear of said cavities Serial No. 272,193.(No model.)

the arms are preferably furnished with upwardly-projecting fingers m m,respectively, which serve as guides against which the penholder can beplaced when it is to be put into the cavities 75, less care beingrequired in locating the holder in the cavities than would be necessarywere no fingers employed. The base A is also preferably provided withcars a a to hold an extra pen-holder or a pencil.

The weightf is intended to be suftlciently in excess of the weight ofthe front portion of the cover member or that portion forward of anaxial line passing through, the pivots c c to cause the cover member totilt or swing, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,when the penholder isremoved, so that ink may be obtained from the stand D. As defects in thecover member, as a casting, are liable to vary its proper balance, Ipreferably construct said member with a cavity, a, Fig. 1, in the cover(I, to receive a supplemental weight of lead or other material, and theweight f may also have a cavity, a, for the same purpose, so that theproper balance of the cover member on its pintles can be easily andaccurately secured.

As the cover is intended to be closed by the weight of a pen-holder, itis desirable there shall be the least possible friction between thepintles c c and bearings 11 b. I prefer, therefore, to bevel the pintlesto an ed ge,c,on the under side and to bevel the bearings 12 b to anedge, I), as shownin Figs.1 and 3. With this construction the pintlesand bearings will engage at but a single point, thereby enabling thecover member to tilt very easily, and preventing dust from interferingwith its movements, as well as dispensing with the use of alubricant.Instead of beveling the bearings b b as just described, however, thesame result may be secured by inclining the edge 0 on the pintles, asshown in Fig. 4, so that the pintles will only bear on the edge I) ofthe bearings; or the edge 0 may be inclined and the bearing 1) bebeveled, as shown in Fig. 5.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with the base provided with standards 13 B, havingbearingsb b,and an inkstandlocated on said base,of atilting covermember, 0, having pivots c c and composed of a cover portion, (1, arms 60, having cavities k 76, for receiving a pen-holder, and a weight,f, thesaid cover member being fnrnished with a cavity or cavities, n, forreceiving a supplemental Weight, substantially as set forth.

' 2. The combination,with the base provided with standards B B, havingbearings b I), and an inkstand located on said base, of a tilting covermember, 0, having pivots a c and com posed of a cover portion, (1, arms6 6, having cavities 7.: Ir, for receiving a pen-holder, and havingupwardly-projecting fingers m m, and a Weight, f, the parts of saidcover member all being integral or cast in one piece, substantially asset forth.

poses specified.

FRANK R. PARSONS.

\Vitnesses:

EDsoN SALISBURY J ONES, GEO. W. CADY;

